Akira Kurosawa
Top 5 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of March 23
This week is a killer. Seriously, this list could easily be a top 10. Or 15. I can’t recall a week in recent history when their was such a plethora of amazing titles hitting the shops on the same day! Four Criterion discs, two Pixars, Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe winners…This weeks Blu-ray releases are going to put me in the poor house. …Criterion…
Top 5 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of February 16
Oh geez. I can’t afford this. Nobody can afford this. This is an inordinate amount of awesomeness for one week. Three Criterion discs, three classics from Studio Canal, a Scorsese, an anime anthology, Audrey Tautou and faux-vintage blaxploitation. How’s a guy supposed to pick a top five out of all this greatness?! Sigh…I’m going to cheat, that’s how. …Continued…
[VIDEO] Studio Canal Collection Blu-ray Trailer
Here’s a great little promotional trailer for Studio Canal’s new line of deluxe Blu-ray releases. Those of you lamenting the loss of some of these titles from the Criterion Collection will want to pay close attention here. There are a few titles like Godard’s Breathless and Renais’ Last Year at Marienbad, currently still licensed to Criterion which will clearly be the next DVD and Blu-ray discs on the chopping block. …Continued…
The Blu-ray of Kurosawa's 'Ran' is getting some bad buzz
The Blu-ray of Kurosawa’s ‘Ran’ is getting some bad buzz http://is.gd/74M4r (via @aicnanime) Related posts [VIDEO] Studio Canal Collection Blu-ray Trailer (5) Top 5 New Blu-ray releases for the Week of February 16 (0) Lionsgate Announces Studio Canal Collection: Ran, The Ladykillers, Contempt on Blu-ray (2) Criterion Collection cancels the previously announced Blu-ray Disc release [...]
Criterion Announces Seven Samurai, Yojimbo and Sanjuro Blu-ray Editions – UPDATED!
As most film fans know, Criterion is releasing a beautiful boxed set of 25 Akira Kurosawa films on DVD to celebrate the the director’s centenary. As incredible as the set seems, it has only served to depress me on a couple of levels – I already own a lot of the films in the set and they’re not making the 25 films available on Blu-ray. Well, they may not be on Blu anytime soon but the label did announce today via a blog post on their site that they’ve been struggling to create a month of high-def Kurosawa releases. They have, sadly not been entirely successful. Here’s what they had to say… …Continued…
Lionsgate Announces Studio Canal Collection: Ran, The Ladykillers, Contempt on Blu-ray
How can Blu-ray news be so amazing yet so damned tragic all at the same time? I’ll tell you how – when a bunch of films you love get announced for Blu-ray but not in the editions you were hoping and praying for. Case in point – the Studio Canal Collection distributed in North America by Lionsgate. …Continued…
The Akira Kurosawa Digital Archive
RT @aicnanime – @jgtokyo presenting: The Akira Kurosawa Digital Archive http://bit.ly/LTBsS Related posts The Blu-ray of Kurosawa's 'Ran' is getting some bad buzz (1) Criterion Collection cancels the previously announced Blu-ray Disc release of the 1985 Japanese film “Ran” (1) [VIDEO] Panasonic's End-to-End 3D Solution: From Dealerscope (0) [Those comic book deals were t... (0) [...]
Criterion Brings Kurosawa's Kagemusha and Tati's Playtime to Blu-ray
Two new releases from Criterion coming this August
Criterion Collection cancels the previously announced Blu-ray Disc release of the 1985 Japanese film “Ran”
Criterion Collection cancels the previously announced Blu-ray Disc release of the 1985 Japanese film “Ran” … http://snurl.com/gegiu Related posts The Blu-ray of Kurosawa's 'Ran' is getting some bad buzz (1) Vote for next @CRITERION Blu-ray: Au Revoir Les Enfants, Down By Law, Howards End, Kwaidan, Picnic at Hanging Rock (1) Twenty questions with Criterion designer [...]
Criterion Brings Kurosawa's Ran to Blu-ray in May
Criterion brings Kurosawa’s King Lear adaptation, Ran to Blu-ray on May 12
